A 6-year-old Connecticut boy was severely burned when a young neighbor doused a tennis ball with gasoline before lighting it aflame and tossing it at the child’s face.
Dominick Krankall was playing in his backyard in Bridgeport on Sunday when he was bullied by an 8-year-old boy who snatched gasoline and a lighter from the shed before coaxing the child to come near him.
“As soon as he walked down the stairs, the bully called his name and lured him over around the corner,” the boy’s sister, Kayla Deegan said.
“In a matter of seconds he came back around the corner screaming, saying, ‘Mommy, they lit me on fire! They lit me on fire!’”
Kayla said the sadistic act was done on purpose and the neighbor has bullied her brother in the past.
“What he did was pour gasoline on a tennis ball, took a lighter, lit it up and just chucked it right at my brother’s face and then ran away from him and watched him burn,” she said.
“Two months ago under the bully’s mother’s supervision, he was pushed into a wall and fell to the floor. And again, the mother refuses to admit her kid did it.”
Dominick was rushed to the burn unit at Bridgeport Hospital where he was recovering.
The family started a GoFundMe to help aid the child’s recovery. They received $162,000 in donations as of Wednesday night.
Light the bully up, have him feel what he did to the child.
What is wrong with kids these days! That is a horrific act! That boy THE BULLY needs help and lots of it!!!
It is hard to believe a child of 8 can be that sick. I guess the apple truly doesn’t fall far from the tree.
It is hard to believe a child of 8 can be that sick. I guess the apple truly doesn’t fall far from the tree. May God bless the burned child and his family. May God have mercy on the neighbor family.
I’d sue that mom into oblivion. A lifetime reminder for her failure of not taking action for her son’s evil.
i would love to say an eye for an eye. where did this 8 year old get an idea like this and why would he want to harm some one so bad. he needs to spend community time in a burn unit and visit &help these burn victims. the boy needs to see how a burn victim suffers, if he loses an eye the bully will lose an eye.
That bully has some serious mental issues. To do something so evil at that age is scary. He is already a thug at eight years old. By the time he’s thirteen he’ll be in a juvenile detention center then jail if he doesn’t get help. Praying for that little innocent boy, 🙏🏻🙏🏻
The problem is the bully’s mother. Her son seems to be a perfect little angel to her, but to the burn victim. The mother needs to be held responsible, as well as her son, for burning the boy. He has to wears the scars caused by the bully and his fire balls, for the remainder of his life. Where’s the bully’s father? He should also be held accountable for the actions of his son. What are the police doing about this matter? The bully needs a lot of mental health help. What is wrong with this kid to burn someone else. WHY?? Maybe President Joe can help.